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In finance, a portfolio is a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual. Holding but not always a portfolio is part of an investment and risk-limiting strategy called diversification. By owning several assets, certain types of risk (in particular specific risk) can be reduced.

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In strategic management and marketing, a portfolio is a collection of products, services, or brands that are offered for sale by a company. In building up a product portfolio a company can use various analytical techniques including B.C.G. Analysis, contribution margin analysis, G.E. Multi Factoral analysis,and Quality Function Deployment. Typically a company tries to achieve both diversification and balance in their portfolio of product offerings.

Many portfolio optimization algorithms are based on MPT or Modern Portfolio Theory. The most commonly used method is Mean-Variance optimization where portfolio allocations aim at maximizing the profit while constraining the risk.

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NYT > Movie News

Tom Cruise, in Bit Role, Nips Studio’s Top Gun
MICHAEL CIEPLY Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:00:04 -0000
At an industry screening of the forthcoming comedy “Tropic Thunder,” Tom Cruise brought down the house with his portrayal of a dirty-dancing movie mogul.
Movie Guide and Film Series
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:51:38 -0000
MOVIES.

NYT > Movies

An Appraisal: A Character Actor of Intensified Normalness
By A. O. SCOTT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:21 -0000
In his best movie roles, Karl Malden is specifically the other man, the guy defined partly by his lack of certain attributes abundantly present in the protagonist.
Movie Review | 'Public Enemies': Seduction by Machine Gun
By MANOHLA DARGIS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:25:25 -0000
Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is a grave and beautiful work of art.
Movie Review | 'Tony Manero': Somebody in Chile Worships the Disco-Era Travolta
By STEPHEN HOLDEN Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:34:15 -0000
“Tony Manero” tells the story of a thug who dreams about a fictional fleeting success.
Movie Review | 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs': Notes From the Prehistoric Underground
By A. O. SCOTT Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:10:22 -0000
What? Dawn of the dinosaurs? In the Ice Age? You’ve got to be kidding.
Movie Review | 'The Beaches of Agnès': Videocam in Hand, a French Filmmaker Sifts Her Memories
By MANOHLA DARGIS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:34:24 -0000
“The Beaches of Agnès” is at once an illustration of the fine art of foraging and an autobiographical portrait.
Movie Review | 'I Hate Valentine’s Day': The Game of Love, Played With an Unorthodox Rule Book
By STEPHEN HOLDEN Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:39:05 -0000
The conflicted lovebirds in “I Hate Valentine’s Day” may be in their 30s, but they play the game of romance with the finesse of sixth graders.
Movie Review | 'Lion’s Den': Even Behind Bars, Motherhood Can Be Liberating
By STEPHEN HOLDEN Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:36:35 -0000
“Lion’s Den” is the Argentine director Pablo Trapero’s sprawling, unpredictable drama about a woman who gives birth in prison while awaiting trial for murder.
Movie Review | 'The Girl From Monaco': Long-Range Forecast: All Hot and Bothered
By A. O. SCOTT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:31:02 -0000
If in the end “The Girl From Monaco” is neither a cogent psychological thriller nor an effervescent sex comedy, it does at least have an interesting sense of place.
Movie Review | 'Nollywood Babylon': Inside the Nigerian Film Industry
By NATHAN LEE Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:35:59 -0000
“Nollywood Babylon” profiles the explosive success of this truly populist cinema.
Movie Review | 'Kambakkht Ishq': The Bollywood Sign
By RACHEL SALTZ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:46 -0000
Bollywood casts a proprietary eye on Hollywood in “Kambakkht Ishq.”
A Trend With Teeth
By RUTH LA FERLA Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:46:26 -0000
From film to fashion, vampire mania seems to stem from the ethereal cool and youthful sexiness with which the demons are portrayed.
Harve Presnell, Singing Actor, Dies at 75
By WILLIAM GRIMES Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:53:27 -0000
Mr. Presnell’s operatic baritone thrilled audiences in the stage and film versions of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.”
Money Worries Kill A-List Film at Last Minute
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:33 -0000
In a sign of growing caution in the industry, production was halted on a high-profile film starring Brad Pitt just days before shooting was to begin.
Paramount Said to Plan Cost-Cutting in Video Unit
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:34:22 -0000
Some home video duties could be handed off to other studios, saving Paramount millions.
Media Decoder: Welcome to the Academy, Seth Rogen (Among Others)
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:48:16 -0000
Seth Rogen (among others) is elected to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
ArtsBeat: George Clooney Set to Sever Warner Brothers Deal, Move to Sony
By BROOKS BARNES Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:01:33 -0000
Smokehouse Pictures, Mr. Clooney's three-year-old production company, has not renewed its deal with Warner and plans to decamp to the Sony lot.
Focus on Soccer for a New York Film Festival
By JACK BELL Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:37:10 -0000
The Kicking and Screening International Film Festival from July 14-18 will include movies about the 1998 French World Cup team and the New York Cosmos.
The Media Equation: Oscars Need Less, Not More
By DAVID CARR Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:55:23 -0000
And they say the Oscars are never much of a surprise.
‘Transformers’ Sequel Scores Big Win
By BROOKS BARNES Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:45:19 -0000
Horrid reviews couldn’t dent “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which sold an estimated $201.2 million in tickets at North American theaters over its first five days.
Film: Living for Cinema, and Through It
By A. O. SCOTT Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:21:25 -0000
Agnès Varda, the only female filmmaker associated with the New Wave, is still making movies at 81.
Film: Dillinger Captured by Dogged Filmmaker!
By MARK HARRIS Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:32:50 -0000
Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” owes its very existence to a roster of films that never happened.
Books of The Times: In the Jungle With Herzog (It’s Personal)
By JANET MASLIN Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:46:34 -0000
“Conquest of the Useless” is a journal about the shooting of Werner Herzog’s Amazonian epic “Fitzcarraldo.”
Film: His Weird Side: That’s Where the Fun Is
By JOHN ANDERSON Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:24:18 -0000
The actor Bill Pullman keeps things strange in his latest film, “Surveillance.”
DVDs: Guys in Uniform, and One More in a White Suit
By DAVE KEHR Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:43:03 -0000
Ben Gazzara plays a cadet with an affinity for silk dressing gowns in “The Strange One” and Jon Voight plays a happy-go-lucky gambler in “Lookin’ to Get Out.”
Scene Stealer: Digital Casting, Poised for a Role Beyond Hollywood
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:51:07 -0000
Digital techniques to compile, exchange and assess lists of actors have simplified casting, and could be used in other industries.
Movie Review | 'The Stoning of Soraya M.': An Iranian Village Mob and a Wife’s Execution
By STEPHEN HOLDEN Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:41:27 -0000
“The Stoning of Soraya M.” thoroughly blurs the line between high-minded outrage and lurid torture-porn.
Movie Review | 'Local Color': Crusty Painter’s Protégé and One Pivotal Summer
By STEPHEN HOLDEN Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:39:38 -0000
“Local Color” is so well acted that you almost forgive its formulaic structure, treacly score and earnest voice-over narration.
Movie Review | 'Quiet Chaos': Dad Is Distracted by Life, Work and a Motherless 10-Year-Old Daughter
By A. O. SCOTT Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:43:30 -0000
“Quiet Chaos” demonstrates that the sad-dad melodrama is a global (or at least a midlevel European art film) phenomenon.
Fox Overhauls the Leadership of Its Entertainment Divisions
By BILL CARTER Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:24:05 -0000
Riding a wave of successful films as the president of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Peter Rice will become the top entertainment executive.
Carpetbagger: Soderbergh and Bana at TriBeCa Festival
By THE EDITORS Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:23:08 -0000
New films from Steven Soderbergh, Eric Bana and Cheryl Hines join the lineup at the coming TriBeCa Film Festival.
William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger
By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:50:26 -0000
The merger of the two talent agencies would challenge the leadership position of Creative Artists Agency.
Tullio Pinelli, Screenwriter for Fellini, Dies at 100
By BRUCE WEBER Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:33:52 -0000
Mr. Pinelli’s prolific screenwriting career included a long partnership with the director Federico Fellini, with whom he wrote “I Vitelloni,” “La Strada,” “La Dolce Vita” and “8 ½.”
Arts, Briefly: Sundance Festival Chooses New Director
By MICHAEL CIEPLY; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:30:47 -0000
The Sundance Film Festival has found its new director.
Arts, Briefly: Ruling Against Novelist in ‘Sahara’ Movie Case
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:20:41 -0000
A judge has ruled that the novelist Clive Cussler must pay $13.9 million in legal fees to the production company that made the film “Sahara.”
Carpetbagger: And the DVD Goes To…
By MEKADO MURPHY Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:53:14 -0000
A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.
Film Society Chooses Executive Director
By ROBIN POGREBIN Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:12:24 -0000
Mara Manus, the Public Theater’s top financial executive, is taking the helm as the Film Society undergoes a $38 million expansion.
Front Row: We’re Off to See the Ruby Slippers
By ERIC WILSON Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:49:31 -0000
Betsey Johnson and 20 other designers are recreating Dorothy’s glittering ruby slippers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” next year to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Arts, Briefly: Cannes Winner to Open New York Film Festival
Compiled by JULIE BLOOM Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:11 -0000
The 46th New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of “The Class” (“Entre les Murs”).
Charles H. Joffe, Movie Producer, Is Dead at 78
By DENNIS HEVESI Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:46:29 -0000
Mr. Joffe was a co-producer of Woody Allen’s movies and the business expert in the talent agency that managed the careers of a host of high-profile comedians.
Paramount Drops Out of Plan to Raise $450 Million for Films
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:02:21 -0000
Paramount Pictures said it had pulled out of a planned film finance deal that was meant to raise as much as $450 million.
Out of Control
By PETER KEEPNEWS Sat, 31 May 2008 01:08:21 -0000
An oral biography of the comedian Chris Farley.
‘Sex and the City’ Leads Weekend Box Office
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BILL CARTER Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:45:32 -0000
The film has earned an estimated $55.7 million since Thursday, making it an unconventional summer hit.
Fire Destroys Parts of a Popular Movie Lot in California
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:13:36 -0000
A fire at NBC Universal’s studio lot in Universal City, Calif., destroyed a vault full of movie and television images and parts of the popular studio tour. At least six firefighters were injured.
The Media Equation: Slumber Parties Go Digital
By DAVID CARR Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:23:46 -0000
In the gender wars, men generally win the race to the bottom. This past week though, women were the ones who seemed completely preoccupied by the reproductive act.
Financier in Hollywood Strikes Deal in D.W.I.
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:04:48 -0000
Ryan Kavanaugh pleaded no contest to, and was convicted of, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, while more serious charges were dropped.
Film: That License to Kill Is Unexpired
By CHARLES McGRATH Fri, 30 May 2008 17:34:44 -0000
Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal.
Film: Beauty, Brutality and Three Tough Mothers
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:54:46 -0000
Dario Argento’s latest danse macabre, “Mother of Tears,” starring his daughter Asia, is now on DVD.
Fashion Review: 10 Years Later, Carrie Coordinated
By ERIC WILSON Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:53:28 -0000
Fashion has been a regular character defining trait throughout the “Sex and the City” series, and in the film version, the fashion is jaw-droppingly fantastic.
Disney and Pixar: The Power of the Prenup
By BROOKS BARNES Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:57:06 -0000
Two years in, the merger of Disney and Pixar is notable for how well the two companies have made it work.
Movie Review | 'Speed Racer': Gentlemen, Start Your Hot-Hued Engines
By A. O. SCOTT Fri, 09 May 2008 04:21:47 -0000
“Speed Racer” sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds up smothering the fun in self-conscious grandiosity.
Movie Review | 'Surfwise': A Family That Surfs to a Beat: Its Own
By MANOHLA DARGIS Fri, 09 May 2008 16:13:28 -0000
“Surfwise” has a bohemian vibe and a cool sheen, but it’s an eager-to-please, pleasing commercial enterprise with a reassuring narrative arc.
Movie Review | 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead': Going for the Finger-Licking Gusto
By NATHAN LEE Fri, 09 May 2008 02:18:04 -0000
“Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be.
A Night Out With Ellen Page: Just a Girl From Halifax
By LIZA GHORBANI Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:07:53 -0000
While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.
A Knack for Being the Bad Boy
By PATRICK HEALY Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:22:04 -0000
The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming,” a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.
Tomorrow’s Oscar Hopefuls Today
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:29:03 -0000
The “Black List” has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.
Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards
By DAVID CARR Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:49:36 -0000
Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.
For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival
By LAURA BEIL Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:33:37 -0000
Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the school’s debating team.
Critic’s Choice: Respect in a Box: Giving John Ford the Major American Artist Treatment
By DAVE KEHR Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:26:30 -0000
“Ford at Fox” is a gargantuan boxed set that assembles 24 of the 50-some films John Ford made for the studio that was his most consistent home.
‘Kite Runner’ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:25:49 -0000
After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing “The Kite Runner” has whisked to safety four young actors.
Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies
By DAVID CARR Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:30:27 -0000
She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself.
Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
By JOHN ANDERSON Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:55:22 -0000
Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.
Film on Mexico’s Disputed ’06 Election Stirs Emotions
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:06:21 -0000
A documentary about last year’s disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.
Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals
By MICHAEL CIEPLY Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:35:41 -0000
The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a “a massive rollback,” and called on their members to continue their walkout.

NYT > Red Carpet

The Lawsuit Over Producer Credit for 'Crash' Gets Personal
SHARON WAXMAN Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
A top executive of the movie academy described one of the producing team behind the best-picture winner, "Crash," as throwing a tantrum in suing over credit for the film.
News Analysis: Los Angeles Retains Custody of Oscar
DAVID CARR Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Los Angeles, a place where race is discussed rarely, saw itself in "Crash," a film where encounter and understanding are just a random fender-bender away.
'Crash' Walks Away With the Top Prize at the Oscars
DAVID M. HALBFINGER and DAVID CARR Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In a stunning twist, the motion picture academy turned its back on "Brokeback Mountain," awarding the Oscar for best picture to "Crash."
Fashion Diary: For Designers, an Image-Making Bonanza That Is Priceless
GUY TREBAY Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
That everything is borrowed and everyone is shilling may be the most charming characteristic of the Academy Awards show.
The TV Watch: The Dresses, Low Cut, but the Tones Were Lofty
ALESSANDRA STANLEY Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The message of the Academy Awards show was a self-congratulatory one from Hollywood to itself: we care, we dare.
The Long March to the Red Carpet, Slow and Painful
SHARON WAXMAN Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
An Oscar nominee, Bobby Moresco, co-screenwriter of "Crash," prepares himself in the days leading up to the awards.
Hollywood's Crowd Control Problem
MANOHLA DARGIS Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
An expected 41 million Americans will tune into the 78th annual Academy Awards to watch a spectacle largely honoring films they have not seen and may never get around to watching.
One Last Best Shot at Calling the Oscars
DAVID CARR Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The problem with choosing this year's Oscar winners is that the possibilities seem as endless and impenetrable as the 64-team grid that ends in the N.C.A.A. championship.
After an Oscar Nomination, Everybody Loves You (at Least for a While)
LORNE MANLY Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Whether an Oscar nominee's newfound recognition in Hollywood will pay off in future, lasting and top-billed work is a crapshoot.
Critic's Notebook: Hype-Week Patter as the Oscars Near
VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Hollywood's magical ball is Sunday night, and all week television personalities have been fretting and squealing about it, expecting us to watch in supportive awe, like Cinderella.
'Crash' Producers Clash Loudly Over Credit and Payment
SHARON WAXMAN Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
A bare-knuckled fight has broken out among the producers of one of the leading Oscar-nominated movies, "Crash," over two of the things Hollywood cares about most: money and credit.
Critic's Notebook: Brokeback Spoofs: Tough Guys Unmasked
VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Online parodies of "Brokeback Mountain" are proliferating faster than curatorial Web sites can keep up with them.
If You've Got It, Do You Flaunt It?
CARRIE FISHER Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
What you do with your Oscar, and where it goes in your house, seems to depend largely on where you are in your life.
The Tease: For Your Consideration: Sappy Hallmark Moments
CARYN JAMES Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The annual Oscar trailer is completely at odds with the idea that Jon Stewart and a crop of untraditional movies might lead to a newer, fresher Oscar show.
On Education: School Drama Coach Owns a Little Bit of Oscar Night
SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0400
John Fredricksen taught the director of "Capote," Bennett Miller, and the film's screenwriter, Dan Futterman, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., in 1984.
The Underfinanced Production Company: Jon Stewart and the Night Visitor
JOYCE WADLER, Executive Producer Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
It is 3 a.m. and Jon Stewart is anxious. He mutters somthing that sounds like "Stupid, Stupid, Stupid." Than he takes a long swig from a bottle of Stoli.
David Carr: The Big Man Still Reigns in Hollywood
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
If you drill down into this year's best picture nominees, you will find that they are guerrilla insurgencies backed by superpowers.
Advertising: Huge Audience or Not, Oscars Stand Apart
STUART ELLIOTT Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
This year's crop of nominations has some advertisers worried about the Oscar-night audience.
Tribal Customs of Oscar
ALLISON HOPE WEINER Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Unlike typical cocktail soirees, Oscar weekend parties have rules of behavior that fly in the face of conventional manners.
Careful, These Cartoons Pack a Punch
CHARLES SOLOMON Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In what some animators have complained is less than a vintage year for the Oscars animated short films category, John Canemaker's "Moon and the Son" stands out for its ambition.
Directions: What She'd Really Like to Do Is Sing
DAVID HANDELMAN Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Kathleen York, an actor-singer-songwriter, gets her close-up at the Academy Awards, where she will perform a song from "Crash."
Movie Review | 'The 2005 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films': Good Things in Small Packages
NEIL GENZLINGER Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Oscar hoopla focuses on feature-length films, but some excellent, largely unseen work is also in competition in the short form.
The Tease: The Murderous Seductress Is Back
CARYN JAMES Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Maybe the "Basic Instinct 2" trailer is trying to be serious and campy at once, but it only succeeds in being frustrating.
The Underfinanced Production Company: Penguins Gone Wild
Produced, Directed and Thawed by Joyce Wadler Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
What happens when Inspector Jacques Clouseau travels to the frozen Antarctic to observe the long, noble march of the Penguins?
A First-Time Oscar Host in Search of That Fine Line
JACQUES STEINBERG Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Jon Stewart has, at least for one night, signed on to transform himself from Hollywood outsider to A-list insider.
Robert Altman's Long Goodbye
TERRENCE RAFFERTY Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Hollywood has never known quite what to make of Robert Altman, but he's finally getting an Oscar anyway.
Critic's Notebook: Five Oscar Nominees: Foreign, Not Alien
CARYN JAMES Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In this year of politically themed best-picture contenders like "Munich" and "Good Night, and Good Luck," the foreign films have a similar urgency.
Celebrity Freebies: A Force Irresistible?
SHARON WAXMAN Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In this Hollywood awards season, the piles of free stuff being handed to celebrities — nominees, award presenters, performers and members of their entourages — is escalating.
The Tease: From Russia, With All Kinds of Weird Stuff
CARYN JAMES Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
There are two visually striking, complementary ways of previewing the Russian-language vampire-and-apocalypse movie "Night Watch."
I'd Really Like to Thank My Pal at the Auction House
HEATHCLIFF ROTHMAN Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The trade in vintage Oscars through publicized auctions and an underground market has become a parallel universe as competitive and bitter as the annual acting derby itself.
The Tease: The Tin Men of Hollywood
CARYN JAMES Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
"Freedomland" spots are all over television now, and they're far more effective than the two-and-a-half-minute trailer that is online and in theaters.
The Underfinanced Production Company: 'Tis Pity He's a Pimp
Produced, Written and Affected by JOYCE WADLER Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
For those who disdain hip-hop, here's a tale of pimps and ho's dating back to the time of Shakespeare and suitable for the most discerning viewer.
Questions for . . . : Manohla Dargis
Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:14:00 -0400
Manohla Dargis, a chief film critic for The Times, answered readers' questions about the Academy Awards.
The Tease: Films From All Over
CARYN JAMES Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Based on their trailers, the nominees for Best Foreign Film seem to share the political awareness that also characterizes the major Oscar films this awards season.
The Underfinanced Production Company: Looking for Comedy in the New World
Written and Directed by JOYCE WADLER Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
King James I has sent Albert Brooks-Whining to the New World to find out what makes the Indians laugh, but mostly to get him out of England.
Small Films With Potent Themes Lead Oscar Nominations
SHARON WAXMAN Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
With size counting less than serious intent, Oscar nominations went to small films with deep political and social themes.
News Analysis: Nominations Highlight the Sticky Issue of Credit
DAVID CARR Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The ad-hoc nature of moviemaking on the margins can lead to some hurt feelings when Oscar nominations are announced.
And the Documentary Nominees Aren't . . .
JOHN ANDERSON Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Some great documentaries are ineligible for Oscars. Why? It's all in the fine print.
The Tease: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again
CARYN JAMES Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
All you can think watching the trailer for "Firewall" is that Harrison Ford should probably give up the ghost of his Tom Clancy roles.
The Underfinanced Production Company: Cliché (Guilty White Bourgeoisie in Denial)
Un Film de JOYCE WADLER Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The Underfinanced Production Company's first foreign film has audiences all over downtown scratching their heads in puzzlement.
Directions: Diplomacy on The Globes' Stage
STEPHANIE GOODMAN Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In a surprise move, the Golden Globes credited the best foreign language film to Palestine. A representative explains the decision to an editor.
The Underfinanced Production Company: TransSylvania
Produced, Written and Transfused by JOYCE WADLER Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
So definitively is this the year of gender malcontent in the cinema that one of its biggest stars has decided to come out of the coffin.
News Analysis: In Movies, Big Issues, for Now
DAVID CARR Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
With the year's string of weighty contenders at the Golden Globes, the industry seems to be suffering from a persistent bout of heavy thought.
At the Globes, 'Brokeback Mountain' Takes Top Awards
SHARON WAXMAN Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
"Brokeback Mountain," a groundbreaking film about a love affair between two cowboys, took top awards at the 63rd Golden Globes.
The TV Watch: Where the Mood Is Spontaneous, and a Little Serious
ALESSANDRA STANLEY Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
The Golden Globes are a pass-fail version of the Oscars — a Hollywood awards ceremony that vaguely indicates merit, without any real risk of humiliation.
Fashion: The Temperature, Wind and Red Carpet Vagaries
CATHY HORYN Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
There were probably some last-minute agonies as actresses got ready for the red-carpet gauntlet at the Golden Globes. But for the most part, the women looked elegant.
The Unforgettable Moment: Dark Truths of a Killing Love
MANOHLA DARGIS Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
In "A History of Violence" David Cronenberg has brilliantly complicated the divide between sex and violence, presenting these two seemingly separate realms as locked in hungry embrace.
The Unforgettable Moment: How to Succeed in Business
A. O. SCOTT Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana" is a movie full of quiet, enigmatic performances, but none is more intriguingly underplayed than Jeffrey Wright's.
The Unforgettable Moment: Nine Short Scenes of Women in Crisis
STEPHEN HOLDEN Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
One brief scene in "Nine Lives" conveys more about its characters' inner lives than is revealed in most feature-length movies.
Pervert, Vampire, Lout. Perfectly Nice Guy, Though.
DAVID EDELSTEIN Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Watching Philip Seymour Hoffman embody Truman Capote in "Capote," you want to throw every acting award there is at him and maybe a couple of Olympic medals, too.
Claire Danes Gets Her So-Called Shot
DANA STEVENS Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
"Shopgirl" may put Claire Danes's intriguing face front and center at the Oscars. It's a role she was raised to play.
Why Stop at 43 Nominations?
JON BURLINGAME Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
John Williams is already the most widely admired musician in Hollywood. He may soon be the most celebrated.
Cartoons Have Their John Henry Moment
CHARLES SOLOMON Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Hollywood executives keep insisting that Americans want to watch only computer animation. But the likely candidates for the Oscar for best animated feature defy this assumption.
When the Smartest in the Class Isn't Most Likely to Succeed
CARYN JAMES Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
It has been a cerebral season at the movies, but when it comes to Oscars, hearts almost always trump minds.
Stranger Than Fiction; No Stranger to Awards
STUART KLAWANS Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Eighteeen movies inspired by true stories may vie this year for Oscar nominations — 19, if you're a Red Sox fan and want to count "Fever Pitch."
For Those Who've Tired of Glory and Riches
ROSS JOHNSON Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
It was a surprisingly busy year for actors-turned-screenwriters.
Cruising on the Road to the Oscars. Or Missing the Exit.
MARK OLSEN Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0400
Some movies come out and steer right onto the fast track to the Academy Awards. Others take a wrong turn.

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